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Cypripedium californicum


Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Cypripedioideae
Tribe: Cypripedioideae
SubTribe: Cypripediinae
Genus: Cypripedium
Species: Cyp. californicum
Alliance:
Binomial name
Cypripedium californicum
A. Gray 1867


Cypripedium californicum is a Cypripedium species found in

Description

Plants bloom in the summer with up to 12 flowers per a inflorescences. Flowers are 3.75 cm wide.

Distribution

Plants are found in Northern California and Oregon, United States in wet marshy areas near streams with Darlingtonia californica growing under trees.

Culture

This species does not tolerate cold and wet winters.


Naming

Common Names: California Lady's Slipper

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